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Credit for the treatment of the pic- turization is given Gone Markoy with NOTES SUPPLIED BY George Fitzmaurice accorded direc
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pletorial and strikingly artistic, is to Although George O'Brien and congratulated, for the splendid Maureen O'Sullivan, Ireland's fare handling he has given a situation that ninal contributions to the speaking might tend toward triteness in leas
the missing | screen, worked at the same studio for capablo hands. The masquerade of
the cafe entertainer as several years, they never appeared wife of the Italian nobleman to ogether until they were cast for the diflicult promise. But Bliss Garbo and Sendling roles in "Hobber Roost Fitzmaurice made it not only plausi now showing at the King's Theatre ble but intensely human and real.
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Melvyn Douglas plays opposito Mino William Pawley and Walter MeGrail Garbo as the brooding nobleman who head the supporting cast of this Fox accepta her as his wife, even after he Films offering, which deals with the known of her impersonation. Douglan efforts of a Tascully ranch foreman to performance in thorough and convin "hi-jack" hin employer's entire herd.
cnat on the principal O'Brien enacts the part of an unwilling. Erich Von Strohelm heads the
supporting ing member of the foreman's band menace and others featured include and Mies O'Sullivan that of the ranch Owen Moore, Hedda Hoppor, Rafaela owner's sister, Louis King directed Ottiano, Warburton Gamble, Albert and Dudley Nichols wrote the screen Conti, William Ricciardi and Roland. play from the original novel by Zane Varno. Grey.
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"Hobbers' Roost." "Me and My Gal"
What is said to be George O'Brien's Based in an original story by Barry outstanding screen achievement will Conners and Philip Klein, directed by be seen to-day at the King's Theatre Rnoul Walsh and with the featured with the opening of his newest Fox roles played by Joan Bennett and Filma vehicle, "Robbers' RoDat." Spencor Tency, "Me and My Gal", the has a supporting cast headed by now Fax Comedy-romance comes to Maureen O'Sullivan and one of Zane the King's Theatre on Sunday. In Grey's most exciting tales as a basis "Me and My Gat", Joan Bennet for its plot,
O'Brien is portrayed as a fugitive portrays the role of a sophisticated canbier in downtown New York who joins a group of cattle rustlers restaurant, while Tracy appears as headed by the foreman of a large a smart young detective who falls in ranch. The ranch owner, a wealthy love with her. Their romance leads Britisher, knows nothing about the for business, and the foreman plans to to exciting paths, particularly Tracy, who, as the result of his round up the entire herd, drive it over romance, runs to earth a gang of the border into Mexico and sell it be- desperate lank robbers. Supporting fore his employer wakes to a loss.
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"Me And My Gal." start the strangest drama of rein-
Though before she was nine years carnation and love that through the ages! Prepare now for chi, Joan Bennett wrote and directed the greatest sereen experience of playlet in which she and her sisters, Constance and Barbara, played the your life. Universal producer of
characters, she had no ambition to "Frankenstein" "Dracular", "Phon-quisher father, Richard Bennett, and ton of the Opera" and others, bring her mother, Adrienne Morrison, and to this theatre its supreme achieve seek a career on the stage. E become ment in the mystic and occult-"The determined to Mummy" starring Karloff in a role woman and open an interior decora- that shatters all records for sheer ting shop. In fact, she attempted to thrill and uncanny power! You'll naver forget this strange man out of induce her mother to leave the stage the ancicat past who loosed his mystic and take a partnership.
The enterprise never materialized spells on the modern world, who and heredity got the chance to assert claimed his love after centuries, who itself. Miss Bennett went on the threatened to sacrifice the happiness tnge: ller forbears were all famous of two young lovers on the altar of stage people, her grandmother, Rose the Wood, and her grandfather, Lewis an uncleat passion. Karloff in greatest picture of his sensational Morrison, being stage favourites for Ability was in her career, with the olurring Zita Johans, many years. handsome David Manners, Arthur blood. Byron, Edward Van Sloan, Bramwell Mies Bennett is one of the youngest Fletcher, Noble Johnson, and a large leading women in pletures, yet she cast. Dazzling, spectacular sets of looks forward to the future when she ancient civilization, colour, excite hopes to become a director and, at the ment, drama, romance-"The Mun- same time, design the art for her seta. She has her own ideas regarding my" will live with you forever.
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